Duke
6–2 · 3–2 ACC · Manny Diaz, 3rd season
Beat Boston College 47–2, Oct 31 · Next: at NC State, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Nate Sheppard has 19 touchdowns responsible for this season, tied for the 5th-most by a running back through eight games of any season since 2004.
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Against the closing line
Duke has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, by 7.3 points a game. Over the season it’s 9.4 a game over, 6th of 136.
Of the 7 teams at 6–2 against a schedule this hard, Duke’s +9.4 is 1st.
last 4
+7.3
before
+11.5
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Oct 10, 2026 @ Georgia Tech −7.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs North Carolina −7.0- Oct 23, 2026 @ Virginia +5.5
Oct 31, 2026 vs Boston College +38.0
Lately
- Won 4 straight as the underdog, the longest activestreak
Nov 1, 2025 @ Clemson +1- Dec 6, 2025 vs Virginia +7
Sep 12 @ Illinois +4- Oct 23 @ Virginia +3
the games, with the score and the spread
Duke has won 4 straight as the underdog, the longest active streak in college football. Every game of it. Date Game Spread Result Score Nov 1, 2025 Duke @Clemson+4 W 46–45 Dec 6, 2025 Duke vsNo. 16 Virginia · neutral+3.5 W 27–20 Sep 12, 2026 Duke @Illinois+6 W 31–27 Oct 23, 2026 Duke @Virginia+2.5 W 19–16 - Won 8 of its last 10count
- Dec 6, 2025 vs Virginia +7
Dec 31, 2025 vs Arizona State +3
Sep 5 vs Tulane +14- Sep 12 @ Illinois +4
Sep 19 vs Stanford +28
Sep 26 vs William & Mary +55- Oct 10 @ Georgia Tech −3
- Oct 17 vs North Carolina −4
- Oct 23 @ Virginia +3
- Oct 31 vs Boston College +45
- Beat 8 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
Nov 29, 2025 vs Wake Forest +17- Dec 31, 2025 vs Arizona State +3
- Sep 5 vs Tulane +14
- Sep 12 @ Illinois +4
- Sep 19 vs Stanford +28
- Sep 26 vs William & Mary +55
- Oct 10 @ Georgia Tech −3
- Oct 17 vs North Carolina −4
- Oct 23 @ Virginia +3
- Oct 31 vs Boston College +45
- Covered 7 of its last 10count
- Dec 6, 2025 vs Virginia +10.5
- Dec 31, 2025 vs Arizona State −1
- Sep 5 vs Tulane +5.5
- Sep 12 @ Illinois +10
- Sep 19 vs Stanford +18.5
- Sep 26 vs William & Mary +12
- Oct 10 @ Georgia Tech −7.5
- Oct 17 vs North Carolina −7
- Oct 23 @ Virginia +5.5
- Oct 31 vs Boston College +38
- Won 7 of its last 10 on the roadcount
- Nov 30, 2024 @ Wake Forest +6
- Sep 13, 2025 @ Tulane −7
Sep 27, 2025 @ Syracuse +35
Oct 4, 2025 @ California +24- Nov 1, 2025 @ Clemson +1
Nov 8, 2025 @ UConn −3- Nov 22, 2025 @ North Carolina +7
- Sep 12 @ Illinois +4
- Oct 10 @ Georgia Tech −3
- Oct 23 @ Virginia +3
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −0.9 · 72nd | −8.5 · 17th |
| Total yards | −6 · 64th | −50 · 26th |
| Touchdowns | −0.2 · 73rd | −1.0 · 22nd |
| Passing efficiency | −5.2 · 74th | −12.4 · 31st |
| 3rd downs | −2.9% · 89th | −9.2% · 14th |
| Turnovers | −0.5 · 20th | +0.1 · 55th |
| Sacks | −1.4 · 4th | +0.6 · 28th |
| Penalty yards | +16.0 · 122nd |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 6–2
- 2025 9–5
- 2024 9–4
- 2023 8–5
- 2022 9–4
- 2021 3–9
- 2020 2–9
- 2019 5–7
- 2018 8–5
- 2017 7–6
- 2016 4–8
- 2015 8–5
- 2014 9–4
- 2013 10–4
- 2012 6–7
- 2011 3–9
- 2010 3–9
- 2009 5–7
- 2008 4–8
- 2007 1–11
- 2006 0–12
- 2005 1–10
- 2004 2–9
- 2003 4–8
- 2002 2–10
- 2001 0–11
- 2000 0–11
- 1999 3–8
- 1998 4–7
- 1997 2–9
- 1996 0–11
- 1995 3–8
- 1994 8–4
- 1993 3–8
- 1992 2–9
- 1991 4–6–1
- 1990 4–7
- 1989 8–4
- 1988 7–3–1
- 1987 5–6
- 1986 4–7
- 1985 4–7
- 1984 2–9
- 1983 3–8
- 1982 6–5
- 1981 6–5
- 1980 2–9
- 1979 2–8–1
- 1978 4–7
- 1977 5–6
- 1976 5–5–1
- 1975 4–5–2
- 1974 6–5
- 1973 2–8–1
- 1972 5–6
- 1971 6–5
- 1970 6–5
- 1969 3–6–1
- 1968 4–6
- 1967 4–6
- 1966 5–5
- 1965 6–4
- 1964 4–5–1
- 1963 5–4–1
- 1962 8–2
- 1961 7–3
- 1960 8–3
- 1959 4–6
- 1958 5–5
- 1957 6–3–2
- 1956 5–4–1
- 1955 7–2–1
- 1954 8–2–1
- 1953 7–2–1
- 1952 8–2
- 1951 5–4–1
- 1950 7–3
- 1949 6–3
- 1948 4–3–2
- 1947 4–3–2
- 1946 4–5
- 1945 6–2
- 1944 6–4
- 1943 8–1
- 1942 5–4–1
- 1941 9–1
- 1940 7–2
- 1939 8–1
- 1938 9–1
- 1937 7–2–1
- 1936 9–1
- 1935 8–2
- 1934 7–2
- 1933 9–1
- 1932 7–3
- 1931 5–3–2
- 1930 8–1–2
- 1929 4–6
- 1928 5–5
- 1927 4–5
- 1926 3–6
- 1925 4–5
- 1924 4–5
- 1923 5–4
- 1922 7–2–1
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.